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Unit4 History and Tradition
Reading and Thinking
CONTENTS
Teaching Aims
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Lead-in
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Pre-reading
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While Reading
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Post Reading
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Teaching Aims
Learn the new words and phrases about the history of the UK;
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Improve your comprehension ability and critical thinking ability.
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Cultivate the awareness of admiring the culture of a country.
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Teaching Aims
Improve your reading skills, such as skimming and scanning;
In this class, you will
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Lead-in
Lead-in
Watch a short video, and guess which country it is.
Lead-in
哪一个是英国的国名?
The UK
Britain
England
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Pre-reading
Pre-reading
Prediction
Predict what the passage is about according to the title and the pictures on the textbook.
This text is about the name of the UK.
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While Reading
While Reading
A. The history of the United Kingdom.
B. The geography of the United Kingdom.
C. The people of the United Kingdom.
D. The politics of the United Kingdom.
Skimming:
Go through the text quickly, and answer the questions below.
1. What’s the main idea of this text?
While Reading
2. Match the main idea with each part.
Para. 1 a. An introduction to the passage.
Para. 2 b. The UK is a mix of history and modern culture.
Para. 3 c. The four different groups of people and their influences.
Para. 4 d. The differences and similarities in the four countries.
Para. 5 e. The formation(形成) of the the United Kingdom
While Reading
Read Paragraph 1 carefully and answer the following questions.
What does the writer suggest we do to solve the puzzle?
To know a little bit about British history will help us solve the puzzle.
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Judging by the last sentence of paragraph1,what will probably be talked about in paragraph2.
British history
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In what order will the second paragraph be written?
Time order
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While Reading
Read Paragraph 2 carefully and complete the chart.
When? What happened? The new name of the country
16th century The country Wales was joined t